The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is keeping a close watch on Lake Keystone. Water is flowing into the lake 10-times faster than what is being released from the dam.
It is an effort to avoid Arkansas River flooding from Tulsa to Muskogee. The lake’s flood pool is now at 75-percent capacity. That is causing water to back-up in Mannford. The Corps’ Kent Dunlap says they have been through this before.
The Mannford Schools have started sand bagging. Many lake recreation areas and marinas are cut off by highwater. More rain is in the forecast